THE SMITHS - COMPLETE - LTD. EDITION - 180 GRAM - 11 DISC's - 8 LP - REMASTERED

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SUCH A DEAL !    The ultimate Smiths Complete (8 LP) vinyl remasters collection!   Limited Edition 180-gram 11 slabs 'o wax Box Set  with audio remastered by Johnny Marr.  GRAB IT NOW, WHILE YOU CAN.  THESE ARE GETTING TO BE VERY HARD TO FIND, ESPECIALLY BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW.   I WILL MAIL IT TO YOU WITH TENDER LOVING CARE.    I WILL ALSO   INSURE   IT FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHILE IN THE HANDS OF THE USPS, FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT.   NO ONE DOES THAT.   I WANT YOU TO GET IT THE WAY I WOULD WANT TO GET IT...  PERFECT.    BY THE WAY...   CHECK OUT MY SMITHS "SUPER DELUXE" SET TOO.   International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

• All four of the band’s studio albums, their sole live album as well as their three compilation albums

• 111 tracks spread out on 11 slabs ‘o wax!

• 5 single LPs and 3 double LPs pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl

• Mastered from the original source tapes by engineer Frank Arkwright and Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr

• Includes 12" booklet featuring expanded liner notes and 36" x 24" poster of cover artwork

• Far and away, the definitive-sounding Smiths package

Rhino Records is proud to present Complete, the complete The Smiths catalogue across eight albums lovingly reworked by Johnny Marr and Rhino UK. Packaged together for the first time – the ultimate The Smiths remasters collections. This vinyl boxed set version consists of the original albums – five single LPs and three doubles – pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl and presented in all their 12” glory with beautifully restored artwork, 12" booklet featuring expanded liner notes and 36" x 24" poster of cover artwork. The collection includes all four of the band's studio albums The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder 1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), their sole live album Rank (1988) as well as firm fan favourite compilations Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won't Listen (1987) & Louder Than Bombs (1987). Each album has been taken back to original tape sources and remastered by master-engineer Frank Arkwright, assisted by Johnny Marr at the world famous Metropolis Studios in London.

LP Track Listings:

LP ONE – THE SMITHS

Side One

1. Reel Around the Fountain

2. You've Got Everything Now

3. Miserable Lie

4. Pretty Girls Make Graves

5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Side Two

1. Still Ill

2. Hand In Glove

3. What Difference Does It Make?

4. I Don't Owe You Anything

5. Suffer Little Children

LP TWO – MEAT IS MURDER

Side One

1. The Headmaster Ritual

2. Rusholme Ruffians

3. I Want the One I Can't Have

4. What She Said

5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Side Two

1. Nowhere Fast

2. Well I Wonder

3. Barbarism Begins at Home

4. Meat Is Murder

LP THREE – THE QUEEN IS DEAD

Side One

1. The Queen Is Dead

2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly

3. I Know It's Over

4. Never Had No One Ever

5. Cemetry Gates

Side Two

1. Bigmouth Strikes Again

2. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side

3. Vicar In a Tutu

4. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

5. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

LP FOUR – STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME

Side One

1. A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours

2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

3. Death of a Disco Dancer

4. Girlfriend in a Coma

5. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Side Two

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

2. Unhappy Birthday

3. Paint a Vulgar Picture

4. Death at One's Elbow

5. I Won't Share You

LP FIVE – RANK (LIVE ALBUM)

Side One

1. The Queen Is Dead

2. Panic

3. Vicar In a Tutu

4. Ask

Side Two

1. His Latest Flame / Rusholme Ruffians

2. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side

3. Rubber Ring/What She Said

4. Is It Really So Strange?

Side Three

1. Cemetry Gates

2. London

3. I Know It's Over

Side Four

1. The Draize Train

2. Still Ill

3. Bigmouth Strikes Again

LP SIX – HATFUL OF HOLLOW

Side One

1. William, It Was Really Nothing

2. What Difference Does It Make

3. These Things Take Time

4. This Charming Man

5. How Soon Is Now?

6. Handsome Devil

7. Hand In Glove

8. Still Ill

Side Two

1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

2. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

3. You've Got Everything Now

4. Accept Yourself

5. Girl Afraid

6. Back to the Old House

7. Reel Around the Fountain

8. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

LP SEVEN – THE WORLD WON'T LISTEN

Side One

1. Panic

2. Ask

3. London

4. Bigmouth Strikes Again

5. Shakespeare's Sister

Side Two

1. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

2. Shoplifters of the World Unite

3. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side

4. Money Changes Everything

Side Three

1. Asleep

2. Unloveable

3. Half a Person

4. Stretch Out and Wait

Side Four

1. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

2. Oscillate Wildly

3. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby

4. Rubber Ring

5. Golden Lights

LP EIGHT – LOUDER THAN BOMBS

Side One

1. Is It Really So Strange?

2. Sheila Take a Bow

3. Shoplifters of the World Unite

4. Sweet and Tender Hooligan

5. Half a Person

6. London

Side Two

1. Panic

2. Girl Afraid

3. Shakespeare's Sister

4. William, It Was Really Nothing

5. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet

6. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Side Three

1. Ask

2. Golden Lights

3. Oscillate Wildly

4. These Things Take Time

5. Rubber Ring

6. Back to the Old House

Side Four

1. Hand In Glove

2. Stretch Out and Wait

3. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

4. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

5. Unloveable

6. Asleep